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‘Gerhardt Meyer made me in Stockholm’: a bronze ‘Bathing woman’ after Giambologna

07/2018 | 1384 | 160

Pages: 545-553

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Author:

Diemer, Dorothea (Diemer, Dorothea)

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Hinners, Linda (Hinners, Linda)

Subjects

art literature:

Avery, Charles, Cambridge, Great Britain / Borghini, Raffaello

artists:

Giambologna / Tessin, Nicodemus, the younger, 1654-1728 / Girardon, François / Henrion, Claude / Harleman, Johan

artists:

Meyer, Gerhardt, the Elder / Keller, Jean-Balthazar / Ernst, Johann Conrad

buildings:

Åkerö Castle, Sweden / Ericsberg Castle, Katrineholm, Sweden / Steninge Castle, Märsta, Sweden / Fredensborg Palace, Fredensborg, Denmark

dates:

1650-1699

media:

Sculpture / Marbles / Bronzes / Plaster / Lead / Wood sculpture / Wax models / Stuccowork / Inscriptions / Drawings / Gardens

museums and institutions:

J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, United States / Fredensborg Palace, Fredensborg, Denmark

patrons:

Albrecht V, Duke of Bavaria, 1528-1579 / Francesco I, Grand Duke of Tuscany, 1541-1587 / Frederick IV, King of Denmark and Norway, 1671-1730 / Gustav II Adolf, King of Sweden, 1611–1632 / Charles XI, King of Sweden, 1660–1697 / Tessin, Carl Gustaf

places:

France / Paris / Sweden / Stockholm

subjects:

Swedish sculpture / Italian sculpture / French sculpture / Casts (sculpture) / Nudes / Bathers / Venus / Provenance / Patronage / Dating / Travel / Study and teaching / Correspondence / Inventories / Damage to works of art / Ornament / Gifts / Fountains / Bells / Cannons (artillery) / Vases / Swedish architecture

Illustrations

Attributed works:

1. Bathing woman (Venus or Bathsheba), by Giambologna. c.1571–73. Marble, height 105.3 cm. (The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles; from A. Rudigier, B. Truyols and B. Jestaz: ‘Jean Bologne et les jardins d’Henri IV’, Bulletin monumental 174, 3, 2016).

Attributed works:

11. Church bell, cast by Gerhardt Meyer the Elder. 1696. Bronze. (St Charles’ Church, Tallinn).

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12. Detail of Fig.6, showing the ‘6’ in the date superimposed by the rotated outline of ‘9’.

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13. Detail of Fig.6, showing the ornament on the socle.

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2–5. Details of Fig.6, showing the signature of Gerhardt Meyer the Elder and the date.

Attributed works:

6. Bathing woman, cast by Gerhardt Meyer the Elder. 1697. Bronze, height 103.3 cm. (Private collection).

Attributed works:

7. Fig. 1 from an alternate angle.

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8. Detail of a cannon, cast by Johann Meyer. 1665. Bronze. (Army Museum, Stockholm).

Attributed works:

9 and 10. Details of the inscription on a garden vase, cast by Gerhardt Meyer the Younger. 1725. Bronze. (Private collection, Paris).

Western art unattributed:

14. Detail of stucco ornament in the Palace of Nicodemus Tessin, Stockholm. c.1700. (Photograph County Administrative Board of Stockholm).

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15. The bathroom, Ericsberg Castle, Katrineholm, Sweden.

Western art unattributed:

16. Bathing woman. 1697 or later. Lead, height 110 cm. (Ericsberg Castle).

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17. Bathing woman. 1697 or later. Plaster, height c.108 cm. (Ericsberg Castle).

Western art unattributed:

18. Detail of Fig.16. (All photographs the authors).

Western art unattributed:

19. Bathing woman. 1697 or later. Lead. (Fredensborg Palace Garden, Denmark; photograph Thomas Rahbeck).

Book Review

Renovation and Counter-Reformation. Vasari and Duke Cosimo in Sta Maria Novella and Sta Croce 1565-1577

08/1982 | 953 | 124

Pages: 512-514

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Reviewer:

Hope, Charles (Hope, Charles)

Subjects

artists:

Vasari, Giorgio

buildings:

Santa Croce, Florence, Italy

buildings:

Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Italy

dates:

1550-1599

patrons:

Cosimo I, Grand Duke of Tuscany, 1519-1574

places:

Italy / Florence

sources:

Borghini, Raffaello

subjects:

Counter-Reformation

subjects:

Italian architecture / Churches

subjects:

Italian painting / Altarpieces

Reviewed Items

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Renovation and Counter-Reformation. Vasari and Duke Cosimo in Sta Maria Novella and Sta Croce 1565-1577 | author: Hall, Marcia B.

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Three Notes on Maso da San Friano

04/1965 | 745 | 107

Pages: 192-197

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Author:

Cannon-Brookes, Peter (Cannon-Brookes, Peter; Brookes, Peter Cannon; Cannon-Boookes, Peter)

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artists:

Maso da San Friano

artists:

Naldini, Giovanni Battista

dates:

1500-1599

patrons:

Francesco I, Grand Duke of Tuscany, 1541-1587

places:

Italy / Florence / Rome

sources:

Borghini, Raffaello

subjects:

Italian painting / Attributions

subjects:

Documents / Sources

subjects:

Portraits / Altarpieces / Saints

Illustrations

Attributed works:

27. St Anthony Abbot, and St Bridget of Sweden, Here Attributed to Maso da San Friano. Panels, 116.3 by 45.7 cm. and 116.3 by 45.1 cm. Respectively. (City of York Art Gallery.)

Attributed works:

28. The Annunciation with SS. Nicholas and Catherine of Siena, by Maso da San Friano. Panel, 78 by 50 cm. (Casa Vasari, Arezzo.)

Attributed works:

29. Virgin and Child with SS. Catherine of Alexandria, Mary Magdalen, Bernard and Romualdo, Here Recognized as by Maso da San Friano. Signed and Dated 1560. Canvas. (S. Trinità, Cortona.)

Attributed works:

30. St Andrew, and Tobias with the Archangel Raphael, by Maso da San Friano. Panels, 173 by 51 cm. (SS. Apostoli, Florence.)

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31. The Ascension above the Virgin, St Agnes, St Helena, and Other Saints, by Battista Naldini. Panel, 49.5 by 32.4 cm. (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.)

Attributed works:

32. The Ascension above St Agnes, St Helena and Other Saints, by Maso da San Friano. Pen and Brown Ink and Brown Wash Heightened with White, 41 by 27 cm. (Uffizi, Florence, 602s.)

Attributed works:

33. Study for St Agnes, by Maso da San Friano. Black Chalk, 12.4 by 10.2 cm. (Uffizi, Florence, 14426F.)

Attributed works:

34. Study for St Helena, by Maso da San Friano. Black Chalk, 11.4 by 8.3 cm. (Uffizi, Florence, 14423F.)

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35. Study for St Agnes, by Maso da San Friano. Black Chalk, Diameter, 8.6 cm. (Uffizi, Florence, 14419F.)

Attributed works:

36. Study for St Helena, by Maso da San Friano. Black Chalk, 12.4 by 9.9 cm. (Uffizi, Florence, 14424F.)

Attributed works:

37. Portrait Study of Francesco I, Here Attributed to Maso da San Friano. Black Chalk, 40.5 by 26 cm. (Present Whereabouts Unknown.)

Attributed works:

38. Portrait of Francesco I, Here Recognized as by Maso da San Friano. Signed and Dated 1570. Panel, c.200 by 150 cm. (Sala del Consiglio, Palazzo del Comune, Prato.)

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